'Islamabad feels it has no alternative, but to address the challenges from the Afghan-Taliban through an open war.'
A 23-year-old Indian student enrolled at Lancaster University in the UK was killed after he was shot in an "unprovoked attack" by two white men, police said.
A Briton found guilty of murdering Indian student Anuj Bidve last year was on Friday sentenced for life, with a minimum term of 30 years before he can be considered for parole.
A friend of Anuj Bidve who was present during the Indian student's shooting in Salford on December 26 last recounted the incident today during the accused Briton's trial in a United Kingdom court, and said the shot sounded like a 'firecracker'.
While the murder of an Indian student in UK in December 2011 can never be condoned the incident brings to forefront as to why Indians going abroad for expensive higher education must insure their education loan.
Amidst anger and grief over the unprovoked killing of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford in the United Kingdom, another Asian man has suffered group assault and racial abuse in the city.
The main accused in the sensational murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford in Britain on December 26 last year pleaded guilty today in a Manchester court.
The Manchester police team investigating the murder of city-based Anuj Bidve, on Tuesday said that they were able to "fill in some of the gaps" in understanding the events leading to the tragic death of the 23-year old student at Lancaster University on December 26.
Rakesh Sonawane, the brother-in-law of Anuj Bidve, has sought help from Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to expedite the process of getting the murdered youth's body back home as early as possible. Anuj, 23, a student of Lancaster University, United Kingdom since the last three months, was murdered in Salford in Greater Manchester on December 26 when he was out with his friends in Salford for a vacation.
Hailing from Pune, Bidve, 23, was a postgraduate student of Microelectronics at Lancaster University and was visiting friends in Manchester during the Christmas holidays with other Indian students when he was gunned down.
The body of killed Indian student Anuj Bidve has been released by the coroner to a funeral company in London, from where it is expected to be taken to India for final rites.
We asked our readers How to avoid trouble in the UK in the wake of the murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford, Greater Manchester on December 26. Here's Aruni Mukherjee's response.
Anuj Bidve, the unfortunate young man who lost his life in an "unprovoked" attack by a stranger in the United Kingdom, might have been killed after failing to tell the gunman the correct time.
COO of Zapak Digital Entertainment, Rohit Sharma talks about his career success, how he balances work and family and doles out advice to young professionals.
Education was ahead of the British car industry, food beverages and tobacco, which earned £10 billion in exports, says a report.
Every four years, FIFA World Cup puts an international spotlight on world football. For advertising firm J Walter Thompson London and its client - United Kingdom's National Centre for Domestic Violence, this presented an opportunity to shed some light on a particularly nasty side-effect of fervent sports fandom: domestic violence.
The ICAS, a unique twinning programme, allows students to choose from international universities from USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany and France.
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There is a 'very low risk' of further international spread of Zika virus as result of the Olympic Games to be held in Brazil, the heart of the current outbreak linked to birth defects, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said on Tuesday.
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